From 1c7e820ded0846ef6ab4be9616b0de452336ef64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: josibake <josibake@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:28:23 +0100
Subject: script: add script to generate example bitcoin.conf

this ensures bitcoind option help is the source of truth and also
gives an example conf file for users to customize and copy to their
data directory.

closes #10746
---
 contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh

diff --git a/contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh b/contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2ebbd42022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+export LC_ALL=C
+TOPDIR=${TOPDIR:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}
+BUILDDIR=${BUILDDIR:-$TOPDIR}
+BINDIR=${BINDIR:-$BUILDDIR/src}
+BITCOIND=${BITCOIND:-$BINDIR/bitcoind}
+SHARE_EXAMPLES_DIR=${SHARE_EXAMPLES_DIR:-$TOPDIR/share/examples}
+EXAMPLE_CONF_FILE=${EXAMPLE_CONF_FILE:-$SHARE_EXAMPLES_DIR/bitcoin.conf}
+
+[ ! -x "$BITCOIND" ] && echo "$BITCOIND not found or not executable." && exit 1
+
+DIRTY=""
+VERSION_OUTPUT=$($BITCOIND --version)
+if [[ $VERSION_OUTPUT == *"dirty"* ]]; then
+  DIRTY="${DIRTY}${BITCOIND}\n"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$DIRTY" ]
+then
+  echo -e "WARNING: $BITCOIND was built from a dirty tree.\n"
+  echo -e "To safely generate a bitcoin.conf file, please commit your changes to $BITCOIND, rebuild, then run this script again.\n"
+fi
+
+echo 'Generating example bitcoin.conf file in share/examples/'
+
+# create the directory, if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p "${SHARE_EXAMPLES_DIR}"
+
+# create the header text
+cat > "${EXAMPLE_CONF_FILE}" << 'EOF'
+##
+## bitcoin.conf configuration file.
+## Generated by contrib/devtools/gen-bitcoin-conf.sh.
+##
+## Lines beginning with # are comments.
+## All possible configuration options are provided. To use, copy this file
+## to your data directory (default or specified by -datadir), uncomment
+## options you would like to change, and save the file.
+##
+
+
+### Options
+EOF
+
+# parse the output from bitcoind --help
+# adding newlines is a bit funky to ensure portability for BSD
+# see here for more details: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24575385
+${BITCOIND} --help \
+    | sed '1,/Print this help message and exit/d' \
+    | sed -E 's/^[[:space:]]{2}\-/#/' \
+    | sed -E 's/^[[:space:]]{7}/# /' \
+    | sed -E '/[=[:space:]]/!s/#.*$/&=1/' \
+    | awk '/^#[a-z]/{x=$0;next}{if (NF==0) print x"\n",x="";else print}' \
+    | sed 's,\(^[[:upper:]].*\)\:$,\
+### \1,' \
+    | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//' >> "${EXAMPLE_CONF_FILE}"
+
+# create the footer text
+cat >> "${EXAMPLE_CONF_FILE}" << 'EOF'
+
+# [Sections]
+# Most options will apply to all networks. To confine an option to a specific
+# network, add it under the relevant section below.
+#
+# Note: If not specified under a network section, the options addnode, connect,
+# port, bind, rpcport, rpcbind, and wallet will only apply to mainnet.
+
+# Options for mainnet
+[main]
+
+# Options for testnet
+[test]
+
+# Options for signet
+[signet]
+
+# Options for regtest
+[regtest]
+EOF
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